Deogarh: In a sad news for the animal lovers, yet another elephant was found dead at Kaunsitaila under the Tinkbir beat of the Reamal forest range of Odisha’s Deogarh district.
After seeing the elephant lying dead on the roadside in the morning, the villagers informed the Reamal Forest Department, following which a team of forest officials including Range Officer Niranjan Dharua and Forester Pradeep Satapathy reached the spot and started an investigation into the matter. A large crowd of locals also gathered at the scene to see the elephant’s carcass.
While the exam cause of the death of the elephant is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the pachyderm died after coming in contact with an electric wire set up by the farmers to protect the crops.
The Forest Department, however, said that the exact cause of the jumbo’s death will be ascertained only after post-mortem report.
Meanwhile, it is said that the tusker has been roaming in the area for the past few days and apart from destroying crops, it had trampled an old man to death two days ago.
